Bone Abstracts

Background: ‘Play Plans’ are now being routinely used at the NHS England Sheffield Severe, Complex and Atypical Osteogenesis Imperfecta Service (SCAOI) as an intervention designed to enhance early development. These plans are MDT formulated and encompass carefully targeted activities designed to meet the child’s needs at their exact stages of development across five domains; Cognition, Social & Emotional Development, Motor, Adaptive Skills and Communication ...

Background: A minority of children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) seen within the Sheffield National Severe, Complex and Atypical Service (SCAOI) were also identified as showing symptoms consistent with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) (Balasubramanian et al. 2018). Diagnosis of ASD in conjunction with OI may be delayed due to presenting problems being inappropriately attributed to OI resulting in specialised ASD input not being received by children.<p class="...